To learn more about Sketchflow watch this 90 second video of it in action.
You can also download and install the Expression Blend 4 RC to create and design great Silverlight 4 applications.īlend contains “Sketchflow” support – which makes it really easy to rapidly prototype ideas and applications. Download and Install Expression Blend 4 Release Candidate
We’ll update the tools to be “final” in a few weeks once we verify that no last minute issues/bugs remain. Note that while Silverlight 4 is released, the “Silverlight 4 Tools for VS 2010” is currently in “RC2” mode (meaning we are going to keep an eye out for any remaining issues before finally calling it done). Important: If you previously installed the Silverlight 4 Beta or RC build on your machine, please make sure to go into Add/Remove programs and uninstall the “Update for Visual Studio 2010 (KB976272)” package prior to installing the Silverlight Tools RC2 for Visual Studio 2010 setup. You can then use the new WYSIWYG Silverlight designer in Visual Studio 2010 to design and build rich Silverlight 4 applications. Once installed you can do File->New Project and choose Silverlight Application to create your first Silverlight 4 project. This setup includes the Silverlight 4 Developer Runtime, Silverlight 4 SDK, RIA Services, and VS 2010 tools support. Then install the Silverlight Tools RC2 for Visual Studio 2010.
To develop Silverlight 4 applications you should first download and install Visual Studio 2010 or download and install the free Visual Web Developer 2010 Express edition. Lastly – make sure to visit the web-site and visit the “ Get Started” section to find free tutorials that you can use.ĭownload and Install Silverlight 4 Tools for VS 2010 Visit this page to learn more about the new Pivot functionality in Silverlight 4 – which makes it really easy to visualize and interact with collections of images using Silverlight.